Patents Assigned to CTM Magnetics, Inc.
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Publication number: 20220189686Abstract: The invention comprises an inductor, such as used in processing transmission of a 3-phase power system. The inductor comprises a flat/rectangular winding with a narrow edge of the flat winding wound around a core, where the width of the winding exceeds three times the height of the inductor facing edge of the winding. The inductor optionally comprises a distributed gap particle core and/or is wound in parallel with multiple windings. Optionally, the inductor is used as part of an equal coupling common mode electrical system for processing the 3-phase transmission and/or a high frequency inverter comprising a switching device, such as a silicon carbide metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2022Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: CTM Magnetics ,IncInventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Grant A. MacLennan, Corey Jones
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Publication number: 20210257151Abstract: The invention comprises a harmonic filter apparatus and method of use thereof, the harmonic filter including a delta circuit comprising: (1) a first leg connecting a first apex to a second apex of the delta circuit; a second leg connecting the second apex to a third apex of the delta circuit; and a third leg connecting the third apex to the first apex and (2) a first capacitor and a second capacitor wired in parallel within the first leg of the delta circuit. Optionally and preferably, each apex of the delta circuit is connected to individual phases of three phase power via respective inductor—coupled inductor pairs, where the harmonic filter magnetically isolates individual phases of the three phase power.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Grant A. MacLennan, Steve Schiffer
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Publication number: 20210257150Abstract: The invention comprises a fabricated inductor winding apparatus and method of use/manufacture thereof, where the inductor has a core and a fabricated winding. The fabricated winding comprises a plurality of turns, a first turn of the plurality of turns comprising a first sub-section and a second sub-section, the first sub-section electrically connected to the second sub-section with a first non-wire electrical connection during an assembly step of the inductor and the second sub-section of the first turn electrically connected to a second turn with a second electrical connection formed during a winding step.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.Inventors: Grant A. MacLennan, Corey Jones, Hans Wennerstrom
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Publication number: 20210257152Abstract: The invention comprises a multi-inductor mounting/cooling apparatus and method of use thereof comprising: an elongated tube having a first elongated section and a second elongated section separated by at least a first longitudinal split down a length of the elongated tube and at least three inductors affixed to a baseplate, the at least three inductors positioned within the elongated tube, the at least three inductors comprising a plurality of connectors extending radially outward through at least one aperture formed between the first elongated section and the second elongated section. Optionally and preferably a fan is positioned within and/or at an end of the elongated tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.Inventors: Steve Schiffer, Matt Cotner, Grant A. MacLennan, Hans Wennerstrom
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Publication number: 20210241966Abstract: The invention comprises a harmonic filter apparatus and method of use thereof for magnetically isolating and filtering individual phases of three-phase power comprising a delta circuit that includes: (1) a first leg connecting to a second leg and a third leg and (2) first circuitry on the first leg matching second circuitry on the second leg, the first circuitry comprising at least two contactors electrically wired in parallel, the harmonic filter magnetically isolating individual phases of three-phase power, where inductor—coupled inductor pairs couple apexes of the delta circuit to individual phases of the three-phase power.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Grant A. MacLennan
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Publication number: 20210241967Abstract: The invention comprises a method for fastening an inductor, comprising an aperture therethrough, to a mounting surface with a set of at least two mechanical straps and a strap force of ten to one hundred pounds of force per strap, the step of fastening further comprising the step of: passing at least a first portion of each of a first and second mechanical strap of the set of mechanical straps through the aperture and on opposing sides of the aperture, the first portion comprising a non-conductive material, where the inductor winding is fabricated during installation and/or the inductor is a component of a harmonic filter magnetically isolating and filtering individual phases of three phase power.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.Inventors: Corey Jones, Steve Schiffer, Grant A. MacLennan, Hans Wennerstrom
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Publication number: 20210241964Abstract: The invention comprises a harmonic filter apparatus and method of use thereof, the harmonic filter including a delta circuit comprising: (1) a first leg connecting a first apex to a second apex of the delta circuit; a second leg connecting the second apex to a third apex of the delta circuit; and a third leg connecting the third apex to the first apex and (2) a first electrical contactor and a second electrical contactor positioned within at least two of: the first leg, the second leg; and the third leg. Optionally and preferably, each apex of the delta circuit is connected to individual phases of three phase power via respective inductor—coupled inductor pairs, where the harmonic filter magnetically isolates individual phases of the three phase power.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Corey Jones, Grant A. MacLennan
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Publication number: 20210241965Abstract: The invention comprises a harmonic filter apparatus and method of use thereof for magnetically isolating and filtering individual phases of three-phase power comprising a delta circuit that includes: (1) a first leg connecting to a second leg and a third leg and (2) first circuitry on the first leg matching second circuitry on the second leg, the first circuitry comprising at least two contactors electrically wired in parallel, the harmonic filter magnetically isolating individual phases of three-phase power, where inductor—coupled inductor pairs couple apexes of the delta circuit to individual phases of the three-phase power.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Grant A. MacLennan
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Publication number: 20200027648Abstract: The invention comprises an inductor, such as used in processing transmission of a 3-phase power system. The inductor comprises a flat/rectangular winding with a narrow edge of the flat winding wound around a core, where the width of the winding exceeds three times the height of the inductor facing edge of the winding. The inductor optionally comprises a distributed gap particle core and/or is wound in parallel with multiple windings. Optionally, the inductor is used as part of an equal coupling common mode electrical system for processing the 3-phase transmission and/or a high frequency inverter comprising a switching device, such as a silicon carbide metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Grant A. MacLennan, Corey Jones
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Publication number: 20190027305Abstract: A high frequency inductor filter cooling apparatus, method of manufacture, and method of use thereof is described. In one embodiment, an inductor is potted in an epoxy-silica mixture to facilitate thermal transfer from the inductor. The inductor is optionally used with a capacitor to filter/invert/convert power. The inductor optionally comprises a distributed gap core and/or a powdered core material. In one example, a minimum carrier frequency used with the filter is above that usable by a traditional wound iron-steel inductor, such as greater than seven hundred or ten thousand Hertz at fifty or more amperes. Optionally, the inductor is used in an inverter/converter apparatus in conjunction with a notched low-pass filter, a low pass filter combined with a notch filter and a high frequency roll off filter, and/or one or more of a silicon carbide, gallium arsenide, and/or gallium nitride based transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.Inventors: Edward Handy, Grant A. MacLennan, Hans Wennerstrom
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Publication number: 20180091111Abstract: The invention comprises an electrical system apparatus for processing three-phase power, comprising: a first, second, and third inductor connected on a first end to a first common magnetic field carrying plate and connected on a second end to a second common magnetic field carrying plate, where the three inductors are equidistant from each other and/or equidistance from a central axis, which yields an equal coupling common mode inductor-capacitor based filtering apparatus. Generally, inductor placement symmetry and/or equal magnetic field permeabilities between each pair of the three inductors balances magnetic fields within each inductor at each point of time, where each of the three inductors is connected to a single phase of three-phase power, the three phases offset from each other by one-third of a period.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Grant A. MacLennan, Corey Jones
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Publication number: 20180068779Abstract: The invention comprises an inductor, such as used in processing transmission of a 3-phase power system. The inductor comprises a flat/rectangular winding with a narrow edge of the flat winding wound around a core, where the width of the winding exceeds three times the height of the inductor facing edge of the winding. The inductor optionally comprises a distributed gap particle core and/or is wound in parallel with multiple windings. Optionally, the inductor is used as part of an equal coupling common mode electrical system for processing the 3-phase transmission and/or a high frequency inverter comprising a switching device, such as a silicon carbide metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Grant A. MacLennan, Corey Jones
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Publication number: 20160294274Abstract: A high frequency inductor filter apparatus and method of use thereof is described. In one embodiment, an inductor is used to filter/invert/convert power, where the inductor comprises a distributed gap core and/or a powdered core material. The inductor core is wound with one or more turns, where multiple turns are optionally electrically wired in parallel. In one example, the minimum carrier frequency is above that usable by an iron-steel inductor, such as greater than ten kiloHertz at fifty or more amperes. Optionally, the inductor is used in an inverter/converter apparatus, where output power has a carrier frequency, modulated by a fundamental frequency, and a set of harmonic frequencies, in conjunction with a notched low-pass filter, a low pass filter combined with a notch filter and a high frequency roll off filter, and/or one or more of a silicon carbide, gallium arsenide, and/or gallium nitride based transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Grant A. MacLennan
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Publication number: 20160285354Abstract: A high frequency inductor filter cooling apparatus and method of use thereof is described. In one embodiment, an inductor is potted in an epoxy-silica mixture to facilitate thermal transfer from the inductor. The inductor is optionally used to filter/invert/convert power. The inductor comprises a distributed gap core and/or a powdered core material. In one example, the minimum carrier frequency is above that usable by an iron-steel inductor, such as greater than ten kiloHertz at fifty or more amperes. Optionally, the inductor is used in an inverter/converter apparatus, where output power has a carrier frequency, modulated by a fundamental frequency, and a set of harmonic frequencies, in conjunction with a notched low-pass filter, a low pass filter combined with a notch filter and a high frequency roll off filter, and/or one or more of a silicon carbide, gallium arsenide, and/or gallium nitride based transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.Inventors: Edward Handy, Grant A. MacLennan, Hans Wennerstrom
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Publication number: 20160203907Abstract: A high frequency inductor filter cooling apparatus, method of manufacture, and method of use thereof is described. In one embodiment, an inductor is potted in an epoxy-silica mixture to facilitate thermal transfer from the inductor. The inductor is optionally used with a capacitor to filter/invert/convert power. The inductor optionally comprises a distributed gap core and/or a powdered core material. In one example, a minimum carrier frequency used with the filter is above that usable by a traditional wound iron-steel inductor, such as greater than seven hundred or ten thousand Hertz at fifty or more amperes. Optionally, the inductor is used in an inverter/converter apparatus in conjunction with a notched low-pass filter, a low pass filter combined with a notch filter and a high frequency roll off filter, and/or one or more of a silicon carbide, gallium arsenide, and/or gallium nitride based transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.Inventors: Edward Handy, Grant A. MacLennan, Hans Wennerstrom
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Publication number: 20160204689Abstract: The invention comprises an inverter/converter yielding high frequency harmonics and/or non-sixty Hertz output coupled to a high frequency inductor-capacitor filter apparatus. For example, an inverter/converter apparatus is provided that uses a silicon carbide transistor to output power having a carrier frequency modulated by a fundamental frequency and a set of harmonic frequencies, where the minimum carrier frequency is above that usable by an iron-steel inductor, such as greater than ten kiloHertz at fifty or more amperes. An inductor-capacitor filter, comprising an inductor having a distributed gap core material, receives power output from the inverter/converter and processes the power by passing the fundamental frequency while reducing amplitude of the harmonic frequencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.Inventors: Hans Wennerstrom, Grant A. MacLennan, Edward Handy
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Publication number: 20150310977Abstract: The invention comprises a high frequency inductor filter apparatus and method of use thereof. In one embodiment, an inductor is used to filter/convert power, where the inductor comprises a distributed gap core and/or a powdered core material. The inductor core is wound with one or more turns, where multiple turns are optionally electrically wired in parallel. In one example, the minimum carrier frequency is above that usable by an iron-steel inductor, such as greater than ten kiloHertz at fifty or more amperes. The core is optionally an annular core, solid rod core, or a core used for multiple phases, such as a ‘C’ or ‘E’ core. Optionally, the inductor is used in an inductor/converter apparatus, where output power has a carrier frequency, modulated by a fundamental frequency, and a set of harmonic frequencies, in conjunction with one or more of a silicon carbide, gallium arsenide, and/or gallium nitride based transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2014Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.Inventor: Grant A. MacLennan
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Publication number: 20150035467Abstract: The invention comprises a high frequency inductor filter apparatus coupled with an inverter yielding high frequency harmonics and/or non-sixty Hertz output. For example, an inductor/converter apparatus is provided that uses a silicon carbide transistor to output power having a carrier frequency, modulated by a fundamental frequency, and a set of harmonic frequencies. A filter, comprising an inductor having a distributed gap core material and optional magnet wires, receives power output from the inverter/converter and processes the power by passing the fundamental frequency while reducing amplitude of the harmonic frequencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2013Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.Inventor: Grant A. MacLennan
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Publication number: 20150035466Abstract: The invention comprises a high frequency inductor filter apparatus coupled with an inverter yielding high frequency harmonics and/or non-sixty Hertz output. For example, an inductor/converter apparatus is provided that uses a silicon carbide transistor to output power having a carrier frequency, modulated by a fundamental frequency, and a set of harmonic frequencies. A filter, comprising an inductor having a distributed gap core material and optional magnet wires, receives power output from the inverter/converter and processes the power by passing the fundamental frequency while reducing amplitude of the harmonic frequencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2013Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.Inventor: Grant A. MacLennan
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Publication number: 20150029765Abstract: The invention comprises a high frequency inductor filter apparatus coupled with an inverter yielding high frequency harmonics and/or non-sixty Hertz output. For example, an inductor/converter apparatus is provided using a silicon carbide transistor that outputs power having a carrier frequency, modulated by a fundamental frequency, and a set of harmonic frequencies. A filter, comprising an inductor having a distributed gap core material and optional magnet wires, receives power output from the inverter/converter and processes the power by passing the fundamental frequency while reducing amplitude of the harmonic frequencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: CTM Magnetics, Inc.Inventor: Grant A. MacLennan